Combustion synthesis of Bi/BiOCl composites with enhanced electron-hole separation and excellent visible light photocatalytic properties

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 288-294

  Gao, Meichao ^a   Zhang, Dafeng ^a   Pu, Xipeng ^a   Ding, Keying ^b   Li, Hong ^a   Zhang, Tongtong ^a   Ma, Huiyan ^a  

^a LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BiOCl; Combustion; Photocatalyst; Visible light

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION;

BIOCL; COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

LIGHT;

EID: 84930933557     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: 18733794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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